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[douglas]

Hmm, that might work for the general background he comes from, but I'd think Shaorin is considered something of a rebel by the dominant organization, a worshiper of a competing god or possibly a minority sect of the same religion. The dominant religion or sect promotes the pursuit of knowledge for it's own sake, or for the enrichment of the researcher, while the minority hold that they have a responsibility to use their knowledge and the power that comes from it for the greater good of all. Shaorin would be one of a few that take this to an extreme of self denial, constantly wandering as dirt-poor vagabonds doing good deeds whenever they see the opportunity. This sect or religion would feature a much larger portion of adventurers than the general population and has little central organization. Hmm, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should try to come up with a prestige class for these extremist psionic do-gooders . Also, there's no reason to restrict a God of Knowledge to lands where psionics are relatively common; I'd think such a god would be one of the more common patrons of wizards as well, and of course there are all those scholarly priests. Perhaps Bishop Artor Sinn follows him ?

[Randallw]

hmm. I did have something in mind, but what you are thinking is more elaborate. Here is some more background, as I may be too busy tomorrow to do anything.

The Zethamn chronicles.

In ages past a vast human empire existed. Fuelled by magic, the Council of mages strictly controlled all magical powers in their realm. However they soon came to learn that another power was growing. Year by year more and more people began to manifest magic like powers. These powers however, instead of feeding from the magic in nature, manifested through the power of their minds. The Mages, unwilling to have within their empire mystical power they could not control began a program to round up and deal with these ‘Psionic’ individuals. Having no teachings to guide their new powers a select few were guided south across the great wastes. They were led by a prophet who taught them the worship of a new deity. Zethamn, the Shining Hand. This deity granted divine powers to his followers but also guided those individuals gifted with Psionic powers. The refugees crossed the wastes and were guided to a new land. Within this new land they established a kingdom fighting off many beasts and monsters. Over the eons the kingdom, united in their worship of Zethamn, grew. Most of the descendants of these refugees are little different from normal humans and occupy themselves much as other humans do, but the Church of Zethamn also keeps watch on the populace. Those children seen to harbour Psionic powers are taken from their families and educated to develop their abilities. Most of the Psionic masters pursue knowledge and study for it’s own sake, but a new minority have started to question this neutral attitude and advocate using their gifts and knowledge to help the common people.

I think the god itself could be based on Zuoken from the exp psionics book. The way I see it is as an Arabic/Indian setting.

[Fyron]

So was this the week that Randall is going to be away, or is that next? I forget.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I guess it's this one??...

[luke_slovakian]

Hey DnD is so awesome i did not play for so long. Do you guys have a spot remaining? I am pretty good in all sections xept warrior:-d. And if u do what edition do you guys play?

[douglas]

Are we playing tonight or not?

[Fyron]

No idea. The server is up and running, ready to go.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

luke_slovakian said:
Hey DnD is so awesome i did not play for so long. Do you guys have a spot remaining? I am pretty good in all sections xept warrior:-d. And if u do what edition do you guys play?

We're playing 3rd ed., I think.

You'll have to ask Randallw about joining. He's the GM.

[Rasorow]

Sorry guys, have been out of town due to a funeral.

Rasorow

[Randallw]

I am home now so we should be able to play next week. Luke, what sort of character would you prefer.We play 3.5 but we do without some bits by group consensus, for example we don't bother with rations or magic components.